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Posted on 15-05-2026 07:53
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 [PTHC] Philadelphia Intl Championship
15 editions here in Philadelphia with very different winners, from the more punchy riders like Gilbert who won the first 2 additions, to punchy sprinters like Demare, Reimer and Kump to the last editions who has been generally won by more pure sprinters with Aniolkowki winning last year
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | | 2024 | ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw | CULLAIGH Gabriel | GAVIRIA Fernando | | | | | | | | 2023 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | KEMBOI Salem | ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw | | | | | | | 2022 | SILVESTRE Fabio | VESELY Daniel | DEMARE Arnaud | | | | | | | 2021 | KENNAUGH Peter | AHLSTRAND Jonas | EWAN Caleb | | | | | | | 2020 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjorn | GUILLEN Marco | HARRIF SALLEH Mohamed | | | | | | | 2019 | KLUGE Roger | NEPOMNYACHSNIY Alexandr | CONNOLLY William | | | | | | | 2018 | ROELANDTS Jurgen | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas | VAN ASBROECK Tom | | | | | | | 2017 | KUMP Marko | VAN ASBROECK Tom | MODOLO Sascha | | | | | | | 2016 | REIMER Martin | HAUSSLER Heinrich | GUERAO Oscar | | | | | | | 2015 | DEMARE Arnaud | VAN HEERDEN Juan | SMUKULIS Gatis | | | | | | | 2014 | BRESCHEL Matti | VAN STAEYEN Michael | HOFFMAN Nolan | | | | | | | 2013 | HOFFMAN Nolan | KEOUGH Jake | VANTOMME Maxime | | | | | | | 2012 | COBO Juan José | RABON Frantisek | BERNUCCI Lorenzo | | | | | | | 2011 | GILBERT Philippe | SCHUMACHER Stefan | RICCO Riccardo | | | | | | | 2010 | GILBERT Philippe | PAOLINI Luca | GINANNI Francesco | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska | 4h12'29 | | 2 | Gabriel Cullaigh | cycleYorkshire | s.t. | | 3 | Fernando Gaviria | Moser - Sygic | s.t. | | 4 | Alberto Dainese | Assa Abloy | s.t. | | 5 | Artem Samolenkov | Tinkoff Team - La Datcha | s.t. | | 6 | Jiankun Liu | Lotto-Caloi | s.t. | | 7 | Elias Afewerki | Benetton Bimex Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Kristoffer Halvorsen | Oxxo - Frisby | s.t. | | 9 | Stylianos Farantakis | ELCO - ABEA | s.t. | | 10 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Minions | s.t. | | | | |
This is a race for the fast guys and one thing is sure, the podium wont look anything like it did last year considering that none of them are back here this season. Suprisingly enough. However 2023 winner  Halvorsen is present and among the big favorites, can he get his second victory? The biggest sprinter present however comes from PCT and has never won here before, could this be the year for  Coquard? He got a strong leadout in Afewerki and Mudgway, so this could be his year!
The biggest competitor is most likely the Greece sprinter  Farantakis, considering his team used to be French it is fitting that Zingle and Cavagna are his leadout.
Behind them we have a pair of strong riders in  Philipsen (with Groselj as main helper) and  Dainese (with a strong leadout in Coutinho, Rickaert and Wisniowski). Both riders who are more than strong enough to win this. The same can be said about  Van Poppel (supported by Medvedev) and  Kanter (with Gross as a strong leadout rider).
After them we can list up  Jakobsen,  Peak,  Kemboi and  Bonifazio. Then followed by  Einhorn,  Kragh Andersen,  Hsu and  Liu. All in all a very strong field here. This will be a tough fight, considering that there are many more riders who deserve to be mentioned, but you got to stop somehwere...
| Name | FL | ST | RS | SP | AC | | Coquard | 72 | 69 | 72 | 83 | 81 | | Farantakis | 74 | 75 | 72 | 82 | 80 | | Dainese | 76 | 75 | 76 | 81 | 82 | | Philipsen | 74 | 74 | 70 | 81 | 80 | | Halvorsen | 76 | 74 | 71 | 81 | 80 | | Van Poppel | 72 | 74 | 71 | 81 | 78 | | Kanter | 75 | 75 | 73 | 81 | 80 | | Jakobsen | 74 | 75 | 73 | 80 | 80 | | Peak | 80 | 73 | 77 | 80 | 78 | | Einhorn | 74 | 71 | 71 | 80 | 78 | | Kragh Andersen | 76 | 68 | 72 | 80 | 75 | | Kemboi | 78 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 80 | | Hsu | 75 | 75 | 70 | 80 | 79 | | Bonifazio | 79 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 80 | | Liu | 74 | 76 | 69 | 80 | 80 |
Spoiler | Dainese | Alberto | Assa Abloy | | Coutinho | Lionel | Assa Abloy | | Rickaert | Jonas | Assa Abloy | | Wisniowski | Lukasz | Assa Abloy | | Murillo | Luis Esteban | Assa Abloy | | Culey | Marcus | Assa Abloy | | Matsumoto | Yosukue | Assa Abloy | | Quicibal | Romeo | Assa Abloy | | Peak | Barnabas | Bolt - Eesti | | Dekker | David | Bolt - Eesti | | Pithie | Laurence | Bolt - Eesti | | Mihkels | Madis | Bolt - Eesti | | Kunkumpai | Kantaphon | Bolt - Eesti | | Svrcek | Martin | Bolt - Eesti | | Hodeg | Alvaro | Bralirwa - Cegeka | | Girmay | Biniam | Bralirwa - Cegeka | | Masengesho | Vainqueur | Bralirwa - Cegeka | | Vervenne | Jonathan | Bralirwa - Cegeka | | Niyonkuru | Samuel | Bralirwa - Cegeka | | Berhane | Hebron | Bralirwa - Cegeka | | Pellizzari | Giulio | Bralirwa - Cegeka | | Arenas Rodriguez | Jeremias | Bralirwa - Cegeka | | Kragh Andersen | Asbjorn | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | Cannister | Goldwijnn | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | Per | David | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | Finkst | Tilen | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | Askey | Lewis | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | Krigbaum | Mathias | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | Meiler | Lukas | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | Resell | Erik Nordsaeter | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | Philipsen | Jasper | Cedevita | | Groselj | Matic | Cedevita | | Fedorov | Yevgeniy | Cedevita | | Fagundez | Eric Antonio | Cedevita | | Currie | Logan | Cedevita | | Zumer | Matic | Cedevita | | Duric | Dorde | Cedevita | | Kuypers | Gerben | Cedevita | | El Sabbahi | Houcaine | Colombini Kometa | | Olei | Federico | Colombini Kometa | | Aquilani | Andrea | Colombini Kometa | | Van Uden | Casper | Colombini Kometa | | Bdadou | Youssef | Colombini Kometa | | Sprenger | Felix | Colombini Kometa | | Bonello | Daniel | Colombini Kometa | | Martino | Stan | Colombini Kometa | | Kemboi | Salem | cycleYorkshire | | Zukowsky | Nickolas | cycleYorkshire | | Hansen | Lasse Norman | cycleYorkshire | | Dujardin | Sandy | cycleYorkshire | | Antonijevic | Goran | cycleYorkshire | | Albanese | Vincenzo | cycleYorkshire | | Andersen | Kasper | cycleYorkshire | | Asgreen | Kasper | cycleYorkshire | | Stalberg | Albin | DeNA Roadstars | | Mayrhofer | Marius | DeNA Roadstars | | Ma | Guangtong | DeNA Roadstars | | Glivar | Gal | DeNA RoadStars | | Heinrich | Nicolas | DeNA Roadstars | | Camrda | Karel | DeNA Roadstars | | Van Sintmaartensdijk | Roel | DeNA Roadstars | | Vangheluwe | Warre | DeNA Roadstars | | Farantakis | Stylianos | ELCO - ABEA | | Zingle | Axel | ELCO - ABEA | | Cavagna | Remi | ELCO - ABEA | | Kortsidakis | Michail | ELCO - ABEA | | Stavrakakis | Georgios | ELCO - ABEA | | Davies | Scott | ELCO - ABEA | | Bonneu | Kamiel | ELCO - ABEA | | Sergis | Kaspars | ELCO - ABEA | | Adomaitis | Rojus | Everesting | | Kooistra | Marten | Everesting | | Grosser | Aaron | Everesting | | Schreurs | Hamish | Everesting | | Joung | Seunghwa | Everesting | | Ponce | Joel | Everesting | | Riccitello | Matthew | Everesting | | Vasko | Levente | Everesting | | Hsu | Hsuan Ping | King Power | | Contreras | Emiliano | King Power | | Phonarjthan | Patompob | King Power | | Tiller | Rasmus | King Power | | Conca | Filippo | King Power | | Salazar | John | King Power | | Salzmann | Jodok | King Power | | Van Baarle | Dylan | King Power | | Bonifazio | Niccolo | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Suter | Joel | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Verwilst | Aaron | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Van Den Bossche | Fabio | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Gamper | Patrick | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Fedeli | Alessandro | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Covi | Alessandro | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | De Plus | Laurens | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | | Halvorsen | Kristoffer | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Ruiz | Robinson Steven | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Malacarne | Alex | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Ulloa | Jose Gerardo | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Quintana | Hector Exequiel | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Aguilar Mendez | Jose Pablo | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Abolaji | Fatiu | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Fisher-Black | Finn | Los Pollos Hermanos | | Liu | Jiankun | Lotto-Caloi | | Daniel | Maxime | Lotto-Caloi | | Ariesen | Tim | Lotto-Caloi | | Chatarunga | Sameera | Lotto-Caloi | | Rangel | Vinicius | Lotto-Caloi | | Berhe | Welay Hagos | Lotto-Caloi | | Verstrynge | Emiel | Lotto-Caloi | | Veyhe | Torkil | Lotto-Caloi | | Minali | Riccardo | Polar | | Garcia Cortina | Ivan | Polar | | Sweeny | Harry | Polar | | Christensen | Ryan | Polar | | Korsaeth | Truls Engen | Polar | | Nych | Artem | Polar | | Brockhoff | Jan | Polar | | Krul | Stef | Polar | | Einhorn | Itamar | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Zijlaard | Maikel | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Drakos | Nikolaos Michail | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Giulietti | Luigi | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Quadrelli | Rino | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Garofoli | Gianmarco | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Noia | Carlo | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Bagnara | Luca | Sauber Petronas Racing | | Sanikwathi | Thanawut | Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh | | Hamza | Yacine | Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh | | Barbari | Adel | Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh | | Bittner | Pavel | Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh | | Holzer | Roman | Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh | | Demiri | Mikel | Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh | | Vandenabeele | Henri | Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh | | Lecourt De Billot | Olivier | Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh | | Kulikovskiy | Alexandr | Sony - Force India | | Alben | Esow | Sony - Force India | | Van Dijke | Tim | Sony - Force India | | McCormick | Hayden | Sony - Force India | | Allegaert | Piet | Sony - Force India | | Cherkasov | Nicolay | Sony - Force India | | Rossi | Diego | Sony - Force India | | Arias Villanueva | Sergio | Sony - Force India | | Coquard | Bryan | Spark Team NZ | | Afewerki | Elias | Spark Team NZ | | Mudgway | Luke | Spark Team NZ | | Thornley | Callum | Spark Team NZ | | Skala | Jakub | Spark Team NZ | | Howson | Damien | Spark Team NZ | | Marryatt | Jake | Spark Team NZ | | Power | Robert | Spark Team NZ | | Van Poppel | Danny | Specialized | | Medvedev | Sergey | Specialized | | La Grenade | Jeremie | Specialized | | Kench | Josh | Specialized | | Brenner | Marco | Specialized | | Ballerstedt | Maurice | Specialized | | Marsman | Tim | Specialized | | De Vos | Adam | Specialized | | Kanter | Max | Team Puma - SAP | | Gross | Felix | Team Puma - SAP | | Rubenis | Pauls | Team Puma - SAP | | Mimouni | Oussama Abdellah | Team Puma - SAP | | Amari | Hamza | Team Puma - SAP | | Kretschy | Moritz | Team Puma - SAP | | O'Brien | Kelland | Team Puma - SAP | | Matsangos | Alexandros | Team Puma - SAP | | Jacobs | Johan | Team UBS | | Maciejuk | Filip | Team UBS | | Blum | Elia | Team UBS | | Ryan | Archie | Team UBS | | Serrano | Javier | Team UBS | | Jenni | Luca | Team UBS | | Weiss | Fabian | Team UBS | | Haugard | Phan Age | Team UBS | | Jakobsen | Fabio | ZARA - Irizar | | Thijssen | Gerben | ZARA - Irizar | | Hesters | Jules | ZARA - Irizar | | Trezise | Declan | ZARA - Irizar | | Gaday | Lucas Manuel | ZARA - Irizar | | Browning | Fergus | ZARA - Irizar | | Crause | Pedri | ZARA - Irizar | | Marriage | Zac | ZARA - Irizar |
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 15-05-2026 08:14
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Our last race race of the season. By my calculations, the race for 2nd-5th place is very close, meaning we have a lot left to fight for still. Really hoping we can be on our best game!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-05-2026 09:03
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Huge startlist probably means Kuli won't be able to do much. Hoping for a Top 20. Anything better will be great. Any points are welcome. The relegation race remains very tight!
Thanks for the preview Heine 
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 15-05-2026 09:16
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We're here with Bini and Hodeg, but given the strength of the competition and what they've shown in flat classics this year, I don't expect much. Top 20 would arguably already be a success, and it's well possible to finish outside of the Top 30. But: With expectations this low, you can only be positively surprised 
Thanks for the nice preview, and good luck everyone!
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 15-05-2026 09:19
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Thanks Heine for the preview! Hopefully another Liu masterclass incoming!
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| SotD |
Posted on 15-05-2026 09:53
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After a dreadful Praha, and a Lombardia that by no means fit our team, we can't fail here. We need atleast a podium, preferably a win - otherwise we are destined for 7th in the PT. Which prior to the season would be absolutely fine btw, but being so close to the podium it does feel a bit like a let down to drop that far back in the final month.
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| Caspi |
Posted on 15-05-2026 10:44
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Hoping to see our jersey at some point during the race, as it will be a while before we get to ride at PHTC level again.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 15-05-2026 11:33
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We haven't seen Jakobsen for a while! It's a fairly strong field but he's still capable of fighting for a Top 5. Have Thijssen here too + our main lead-out in Hesters.
Fingers crossed we can get a surprise result! Good luck all 
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 15-05-2026 11:45
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We're fighting for survival but hopefully having Zijlaard here with him allows Einhorn a better shot of getting a strong result
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| Bikex |
Posted on 15-05-2026 13:31
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Long time since we podiumed here in 2019. This time it would be as big of a surprise as back then, let's see what Hsu can do. Top 10 would already be nice.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 15-05-2026 13:45
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AKA's last race 
We had enough magic for him in the Vuelta, but I wouldn't complain about getting just a little more! He's won here before after all.
Thanks for the preview!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 16-05-2026 00:33
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One final race for Peak in our final race of the season. Given the year he's had it would be greedy to ask for another strong result, but have to hope for it right?  |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 16-05-2026 01:58
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Coquard hoping to close out his incredible season with a bang! This is his last race and if he wants to win the PCT individual standings he has to perform well here. He has shown he can do it so hopefully he can convert his favourite status into a top 3. Really anything lower then a top 5 is a bit disappointing tbh.
Thanks Heine for the preview!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 16-05-2026 06:43
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Not expecting much from our Boys here. A top20 would be a good result for Adomaitis.
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| SotD |
Posted on 16-05-2026 10:00
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Another write-off. Too bad really! Just needed to keep momentum in the final 3 races to get a massive overall PT result. Instead it ends up feeling mediocre.
Congrats on the win!
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| jph27 |
Posted on 16-05-2026 10:10
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As good a result as I could have hoped for in this field, and if we can hang on to our GC positions in South Africa, one that potentially gives us a chance at 2nd in the rankings. Congratulations to Nemo and thanks kb for the report! |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 16-05-2026 12:04
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cunego59 wrote:
We're here with Bini and Hodeg, but given the strength of the competition and what they've shown in flat classics this year, I don't expect much. Top 20 would arguably already be a success, and it's well possible to finish outside of the Top 30. But: With expectations this low, you can only be positively surprised
26th and 30th is pretty acceptable given expectations. Would've been cool to see Bini join some of those late attacks, even if they ended up unsuccessful. But still, solid.
Congrats Nemo! And thanks for the report kb
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| ember |
Posted on 16-05-2026 12:23
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Congratulations, Nemo! Massive, massive win by Doffen
Very curious to see how this affects the pre-Lombardia ranking. Is there still hope for LPH?  As an outsider, I must admit it would be cool to have the final monument with everything to play for regarding the final relegation spot.
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| knockout |
Posted on 16-05-2026 12:30
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Hard to make the relegation fight more exciting. Congrats nemo!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-05-2026 12:38
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ember wrote:
Very curious to see how this affects the pre-Lombardia ranking. Is there still hope for LPH? As an outsider, I must admit it would be cool to have the final monument with everything to play for regarding the final relegation spot.
Without spoiling things too much before the rankings update, I believe Los Pollos is now quite 'safe' as only two out of four teams in the relegation battle will go down. Highly unlikely two teams will pass them after this result (plus whatever they got in Praha).
Amazing result for them though. Congrats Nemo Mission successfully failed (mostly probably!)
Thanks for report kb
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